Flows of goods or supply chains; Lessons from the natural rubber industry in Kerala, India

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 81-82, Issue , 2003, Pages 185-194

  De Haan, Job ^a   De Groot, Gerard ^a   Loo, Egon ^a   Ypenburg, Mark ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordination mechanisms; Purchase portfolio; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; PURCHASING; RAW MATERIALS; RUBBER; RUBBER INDUSTRY;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS;

EID: 0037431633     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(02)00362-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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